[PATCH 6.18 00/49] 6.18.11-rc1 review

[PATCH 6.18 00/49] 6.18.11-rc1 review

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.11 release.
There are 49 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
let me know.

Responses should be made by Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:46:52 +0000.
Anything received after that time might be too late.

The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.18.11-rc1.gz
or in the git tree and branch at:
	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.18.y
and the diffstat can be found below.

thanks,

greg k-h

-------------
Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
    Linux 6.18.11-rc1

Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
    gpio: omap: do not register driver in probe()

Ali Tariq <alitariq45892@gmail.com>
    wifi: rtl8xxxu: fix slab-out-of-bounds in rtl8xxxu_sta_add

Liu Song <liu.song13@zte.com.cn>
    PCI: endpoint: Avoid creating sub-groups asynchronously

Jeongjun Park <aha310510@gmail.com>
    drm/exynos: vidi: use ctx->lock to protect struct vidi_context member variables related to memory alloc/free

Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
    xfs: fix UAF in xchk_btree_check_block_owner

Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
    erofs: fix UAF issue for file-backed mounts w/ directio option

Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
    bus: fsl-mc: fix use-after-free in driver_override_show()

Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy@marvell.com>
    scsi: qla2xxx: Query FW again before proceeding with login

Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy@marvell.com>
    scsi: qla2xxx: Free sp in error path to fix system crash

Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy@marvell.com>
    scsi: qla2xxx: Delay module unload while fabric scan in progress

Shreyas Deodhar <sdeodhar@marvell.com>
    scsi: qla2xxx: Allow recovery for tape devices

Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy@marvell.com>
    scsi: qla2xxx: Validate sp before freeing associated memory

Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@gmail.com>
    wifi: rtw88: Fix alignment fault in rtw_core_enable_beacon()

Mehdi Ben Hadj Khelifa <mehdi.benhadjkhelifa@gmail.com>
    hfs: ensure sb->s_fs_info is always cleaned up

Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@qq.com>
    nilfs2: Fix potential block overflow that cause system hang

Bibo Mao <maobibo@loongson.cn>
    crypto: virtio - Remove duplicated virtqueue_kick in virtio_crypto_skcipher_crypt_req

Bibo Mao <maobibo@loongson.cn>
    crypto: virtio - Add spinlock protection with virtqueue notification

Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
    crypto: omap - Allocate OMAP_CRYPTO_FORCE_COPY scatterlists correctly

Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
    crypto: octeontx - Fix length check to avoid truncation in ucode_load_store

Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
    crypto: iaa - Fix out-of-bounds index in find_empty_iaa_compression_mode

Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
    ALSA: hda/conexant: Add quirk for HP ZBook Studio G4

Zenm Chen <zenmchen@gmail.com>
    Bluetooth: btusb: Add USB ID 7392:e611 for Edimax EW-7611UXB

Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
    driver core: enforce device_lock for driver_match_device()

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: client: let send_done handle a completion without IB_SEND_SIGNALED

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: client: let smbd_post_send_negotiate_req() use smbd_post_send()

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: client: fix last send credit problem causing disconnects

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: client: make use of smbdirect_socket.send_io.bcredits

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: client: use smbdirect_send_batch processing

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: client: introduce and use smbd_{alloc, free}_send_io()

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: client: split out smbd_ib_post_send()

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: client: port and use the wait_for_credits logic used by server

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: client: remove pointless sc->send_io.pending handling in smbd_post_send_iter()

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: client: remove pointless sc->recv_io.credits.count rollback

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: client: let smbd_post_send() make use of request->wr

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: client: let recv_done() queue a refill when the peer is low on credits

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: client: make use of smbdirect_socket.recv_io.credits.available

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: server: let send_done handle a completion without IB_SEND_SIGNALED

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: server: fix last send credit problem causing disconnects

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: server: make use of smbdirect_socket.send_io.bcredits

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: server: let recv_done() queue a refill when the peer is low on credits

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: server: make use of smbdirect_socket.recv_io.credits.available

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: smbdirect: introduce smbdirect_socket.send_io.bcredits.*

Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
    smb: smbdirect: introduce smbdirect_socket.recv_io.credits.available

Henrique Carvalho <henrique.carvalho@suse.com>
    smb: server: fix leak of active_num_conn in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection()

Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
    ksmbd: add chann_lock to protect ksmbd_chann_list xarray

Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
    ksmbd: fix infinite loop caused by next_smb2_rcv_hdr_off reset in error paths

Henrique Carvalho <henrique.carvalho@suse.com>
    smb: client: split cached_fid bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW races

Li Chen <me@linux.beauty>
    io_uring: allow io-wq workers to exit when unused

Li Chen <me@linux.beauty>
    io_uring/io-wq: add exit-on-idle state


-------------

Diffstat:

 Makefile                                           |   4 +-
 drivers/base/base.h                                |   9 +
 drivers/base/bus.c                                 |   2 +-
 drivers/base/dd.c                                  |   2 +-
 drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c                          |   2 +
 drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c                    |   6 +-
 drivers/crypto/intel/iaa/iaa_crypto_main.c         |  12 +-
 drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx/otx_cptpf_ucode.c  |   2 +-
 drivers/crypto/omap-crypto.c                       |   2 +-
 drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_core.c         |   5 +
 .../crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_skcipher_algs.c    |   2 -
 drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c                           |  22 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_vidi.c           |  38 +-
 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/core.c       |   1 +
 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.c          |   4 +-
 drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c                  |  15 +-
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c                      |  41 +-
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c                    |  28 +-
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c                     |  19 +-
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c                      |   3 +-
 fs/erofs/fileio.c                                  |   7 +-
 fs/hfs/mdb.c                                       |  35 +-
 fs/hfs/super.c                                     |  10 +-
 fs/nilfs2/sufile.c                                 |   4 +
 fs/smb/client/cached_dir.h                         |   8 +-
 fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c                          | 523 ++++++++++++++++-----
 fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_socket.h         |  18 +
 fs/smb/server/mgmt/user_session.c                  |   5 +
 fs/smb/server/mgmt/user_session.h                  |   1 +
 fs/smb/server/server.c                             |   6 +-
 fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c                            |  12 +-
 fs/smb/server/transport_rdma.c                     | 147 +++++-
 fs/smb/server/transport_tcp.c                      |   3 +-
 fs/xfs/scrub/btree.c                               |   7 +-
 io_uring/io-wq.c                                   |  27 +-
 io_uring/io-wq.h                                   |   1 +
 io_uring/tctx.c                                    |  11 +
 sound/hda/codecs/conexant.c                        |   1 +
 38 files changed, 799 insertions(+), 246 deletions(-)

Re: [PATCH 6.18 00/49] 6.18.11-rc1 review

[Peter Schneider]

Am 13.02.2026 um 14:47 schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.11 release.
> There are 49 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.

Builds, boots and works on my 2-socket Ivy Bridge Xeon E5-2697 v2 server. No dmesg oddities or regressions found.

Tested-by: Peter Schneider <pschneider1968@googlemail.com>


Beste Grüße,
Peter Schneider

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Re: [PATCH 6.18 00/49] 6.18.11-rc1 review

[Justin Forbes]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 02:47:44PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.11 release.
> There are 49 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.
> 
> Responses should be made by Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:46:52 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
> 
> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> 	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.18.11-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.18.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Tested rc1 against the Fedora build system (aarch64, ppc64le, s390x,
x86_64), and boot tested x86_64. No regressions noted.

Tested-by: Justin M. Forbes <jforbes@fedoraproject.org>

Re: [PATCH 6.18 00/49] 6.18.11-rc1 review

[Ronald Warsow]

Hi

no regressions here on x86_64 (Intel 11th Gen. CPU)

Thanks

Tested-by: Ronald Warsow <rwarsow@gmx.de>

Re: [PATCH 6.18 00/49] 6.18.11-rc1 review

[Jon Hunter]

On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:47:44 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.11 release.
> There are 49 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.
> 
> Responses should be made by Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:46:52 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
> 
> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> 	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.18.11-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.18.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

All tests passing for Tegra ...

Test results for stable-v6.18:
    10 builds:	10 pass, 0 fail
    28 boots:	28 pass, 0 fail
    133 tests:	133 pass, 0 fail

Linux version:	6.18.11-rc1-g1dd43fd284b6
Boards tested:	tegra124-jetson-tk1, tegra186-p2771-0000,
                tegra186-p3509-0000+p3636-0001, tegra194-p2972-0000,
                tegra194-p3509-0000+p3668-0000, tegra20-ventana,
                tegra210-p2371-2180, tegra210-p3450-0000,
                tegra30-cardhu-a04

Tested-by: Jon Hunter <jonathanh@nvidia.com>

Jon

Re: [PATCH 6.18 00/49] 6.18.11-rc1 review

[Florian Fainelli]

On 2/13/26 05:47, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.11 release.
> There are 49 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.
> 
> Responses should be made by Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:46:52 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
> 
> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> 	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.18.11-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.18.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

On ARCH_BRCMSTB using 32-bit and 64-bit ARM kernels, build tested on 
BMIPS_GENERIC:

Tested-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
-- 
Florian

Re: [PATCH 6.18 00/49] 6.18.11-rc1 review

[Brett Mastbergen]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 8:52 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.11 release.
> There are 49 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.
>
> Responses should be made by Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:46:52 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
>
> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
>         https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.18.11-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
>         git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.18.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>

Builds successfully.  Boots and works on qemu and Intel Core i7-10810U

Tested-by: Brett Mastbergen <bmastbergen@ciq.com>

Thanks,
Brett

Re: [PATCH 6.18 00/49] 6.18.11-rc1 review

[Luna Jernberg]

Tested on: Arch Linux Machine a Dell Micro 3050 with a
model name    : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500T CPU @ 2.50GHz
and works as it should


Tested-by: Luna Jernberg <droidbittin@gmail.com>

Den fre 13 feb. 2026 kl 14:52 skrev Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>:
>
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.11 release.
> There are 49 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.
>
> Responses should be made by Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:46:52 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
>
> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
>         https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.18.11-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
>         git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.18.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
> -------------
> Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:
>
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
>     Linux 6.18.11-rc1
>
> Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
>     gpio: omap: do not register driver in probe()
>
> Ali Tariq <alitariq45892@gmail.com>
>     wifi: rtl8xxxu: fix slab-out-of-bounds in rtl8xxxu_sta_add
>
> Liu Song <liu.song13@zte.com.cn>
>     PCI: endpoint: Avoid creating sub-groups asynchronously
>
> Jeongjun Park <aha310510@gmail.com>
>     drm/exynos: vidi: use ctx->lock to protect struct vidi_context member variables related to memory alloc/free
>
> Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
>     xfs: fix UAF in xchk_btree_check_block_owner
>
> Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
>     erofs: fix UAF issue for file-backed mounts w/ directio option
>
> Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
>     bus: fsl-mc: fix use-after-free in driver_override_show()
>
> Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy@marvell.com>
>     scsi: qla2xxx: Query FW again before proceeding with login
>
> Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy@marvell.com>
>     scsi: qla2xxx: Free sp in error path to fix system crash
>
> Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy@marvell.com>
>     scsi: qla2xxx: Delay module unload while fabric scan in progress
>
> Shreyas Deodhar <sdeodhar@marvell.com>
>     scsi: qla2xxx: Allow recovery for tape devices
>
> Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy@marvell.com>
>     scsi: qla2xxx: Validate sp before freeing associated memory
>
> Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@gmail.com>
>     wifi: rtw88: Fix alignment fault in rtw_core_enable_beacon()
>
> Mehdi Ben Hadj Khelifa <mehdi.benhadjkhelifa@gmail.com>
>     hfs: ensure sb->s_fs_info is always cleaned up
>
> Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@qq.com>
>     nilfs2: Fix potential block overflow that cause system hang
>
> Bibo Mao <maobibo@loongson.cn>
>     crypto: virtio - Remove duplicated virtqueue_kick in virtio_crypto_skcipher_crypt_req
>
> Bibo Mao <maobibo@loongson.cn>
>     crypto: virtio - Add spinlock protection with virtqueue notification
>
> Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
>     crypto: omap - Allocate OMAP_CRYPTO_FORCE_COPY scatterlists correctly
>
> Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
>     crypto: octeontx - Fix length check to avoid truncation in ucode_load_store
>
> Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
>     crypto: iaa - Fix out-of-bounds index in find_empty_iaa_compression_mode
>
> Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
>     ALSA: hda/conexant: Add quirk for HP ZBook Studio G4
>
> Zenm Chen <zenmchen@gmail.com>
>     Bluetooth: btusb: Add USB ID 7392:e611 for Edimax EW-7611UXB
>
> Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
>     driver core: enforce device_lock for driver_match_device()
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: client: let send_done handle a completion without IB_SEND_SIGNALED
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: client: let smbd_post_send_negotiate_req() use smbd_post_send()
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: client: fix last send credit problem causing disconnects
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: client: make use of smbdirect_socket.send_io.bcredits
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: client: use smbdirect_send_batch processing
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: client: introduce and use smbd_{alloc, free}_send_io()
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: client: split out smbd_ib_post_send()
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: client: port and use the wait_for_credits logic used by server
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: client: remove pointless sc->send_io.pending handling in smbd_post_send_iter()
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: client: remove pointless sc->recv_io.credits.count rollback
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: client: let smbd_post_send() make use of request->wr
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: client: let recv_done() queue a refill when the peer is low on credits
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: client: make use of smbdirect_socket.recv_io.credits.available
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: server: let send_done handle a completion without IB_SEND_SIGNALED
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: server: fix last send credit problem causing disconnects
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: server: make use of smbdirect_socket.send_io.bcredits
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: server: let recv_done() queue a refill when the peer is low on credits
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: server: make use of smbdirect_socket.recv_io.credits.available
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: smbdirect: introduce smbdirect_socket.send_io.bcredits.*
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
>     smb: smbdirect: introduce smbdirect_socket.recv_io.credits.available
>
> Henrique Carvalho <henrique.carvalho@suse.com>
>     smb: server: fix leak of active_num_conn in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection()
>
> Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
>     ksmbd: add chann_lock to protect ksmbd_chann_list xarray
>
> Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
>     ksmbd: fix infinite loop caused by next_smb2_rcv_hdr_off reset in error paths
>
> Henrique Carvalho <henrique.carvalho@suse.com>
>     smb: client: split cached_fid bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW races
>
> Li Chen <me@linux.beauty>
>     io_uring: allow io-wq workers to exit when unused
>
> Li Chen <me@linux.beauty>
>     io_uring/io-wq: add exit-on-idle state
>
>
> -------------
>
> Diffstat:
>
>  Makefile                                           |   4 +-
>  drivers/base/base.h                                |   9 +
>  drivers/base/bus.c                                 |   2 +-
>  drivers/base/dd.c                                  |   2 +-
>  drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c                          |   2 +
>  drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c                    |   6 +-
>  drivers/crypto/intel/iaa/iaa_crypto_main.c         |  12 +-
>  drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx/otx_cptpf_ucode.c  |   2 +-
>  drivers/crypto/omap-crypto.c                       |   2 +-
>  drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_core.c         |   5 +
>  .../crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_skcipher_algs.c    |   2 -
>  drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c                           |  22 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_vidi.c           |  38 +-
>  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/core.c       |   1 +
>  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.c          |   4 +-
>  drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c                  |  15 +-
>  drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c                      |  41 +-
>  drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c                    |  28 +-
>  drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c                     |  19 +-
>  drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c                      |   3 +-
>  fs/erofs/fileio.c                                  |   7 +-
>  fs/hfs/mdb.c                                       |  35 +-
>  fs/hfs/super.c                                     |  10 +-
>  fs/nilfs2/sufile.c                                 |   4 +
>  fs/smb/client/cached_dir.h                         |   8 +-
>  fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c                          | 523 ++++++++++++++++-----
>  fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_socket.h         |  18 +
>  fs/smb/server/mgmt/user_session.c                  |   5 +
>  fs/smb/server/mgmt/user_session.h                  |   1 +
>  fs/smb/server/server.c                             |   6 +-
>  fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c                            |  12 +-
>  fs/smb/server/transport_rdma.c                     | 147 +++++-
>  fs/smb/server/transport_tcp.c                      |   3 +-
>  fs/xfs/scrub/btree.c                               |   7 +-
>  io_uring/io-wq.c                                   |  27 +-
>  io_uring/io-wq.h                                   |   1 +
>  io_uring/tctx.c                                    |  11 +
>  sound/hda/codecs/conexant.c                        |   1 +
>  38 files changed, 799 insertions(+), 246 deletions(-)
>
>
>

Re: [PATCH 6.18 00/49] 6.18.11-rc1 review

[Ron Economos]

On 2/13/26 05:47, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.11 release.
> There are 49 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.
>
> Responses should be made by Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:46:52 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
>
> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> 	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.18.11-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.18.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

Built and booted successfully on RISC-V RV64 (HiFive Unmatched).

Tested-by: Ron Economos <re@w6rz.net>

Re: [PATCH 6.18 00/49] 6.18.11-rc1 review

[Brett A C Sheffield]

# Librecast Test Results

020/020 [ OK ] liblcrq
010/010 [ OK ] libmld
120/120 [ OK ] liblibrecast

CPU/kernel: Linux auntie 6.18.11-rc1-g1dd43fd284b6 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Feb 14 15:10:56 -00 2026 x86_64 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

Tested-by: Brett A C Sheffield <bacs@librecast.net>

Re: [PATCH 6.18 00/49] 6.18.11-rc1 review

[Barry K. Nathan]

On 2/13/26 05:47, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.11 release.
> There are 49 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.
> 
> Responses should be made by Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:46:52 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
> 
> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> 	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.18.11-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.18.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Tested on my amd64 DIY home NAS. Working well, no regressions observed.

Tested-by: Barry K. Nathan <barryn@pobox.com>
-- 
-Barry K. Nathan  <barryn@pobox.com>

Re: [PATCH 6.18 00/49] 6.18.11-rc1 review

[Miguel Ojeda]

On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:47:44 +0100 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.11 release.
> There are 49 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.
> 
> Responses should be made by Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:46:52 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.

Boot-tested under QEMU for Rust x86_64, arm64 and riscv64; built-tested
for loongarch64:

Tested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>

Thanks!

Cheers,
Miguel

Re: [PATCH 6.18 00/49] 6.18.11-rc1 review

[Dileep malepu]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.11 release.
> There are 49 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.
>
> Responses should be made by Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:46:52 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
>
> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
>         https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.18.11-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
>         git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.18.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
> -------------
Build and Boot Report of linux-6.18.11-rc-1

Build and boot tested on 6.18.11 using qemu. The Kernel
was successfully Build and booted in virtual environment without
any issue.

Build details:
Architectures: arm64, x86_64
Kernel version: 6.18.11
Configuration: defconfig
Source: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git
Commit: 1dd43fd284b6ab499dac1355db7b07d12669f73b

Tested-by: Dileep Malepu <dileep.debian@gmail.com>

Re: [PATCH 6.18 00/49] 6.18.11-rc1 review

[Mark Brown]

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On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 02:47:44PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.11 release.
> There are 49 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.

> Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
>     driver core: enforce device_lock for driver_match_device()

The breakage caused by this commit is also present in v6.18:

# bad: [1dd43fd284b6ab499dac1355db7b07d12669f73b] Linux 6.18.11-rc1
# good: [41cec610f690603820c80c4871dbb55bec77b9a2] Linux 6.18.10
git bisect start '1dd43fd284b6ab499dac1355db7b07d12669f73b' '41cec610f690603820c80c4871dbb55bec77b9a2'
# test job: [1dd43fd284b6ab499dac1355db7b07d12669f73b] https://lava.sirena.org.uk/scheduler/job/2455845
# bad: [1dd43fd284b6ab499dac1355db7b07d12669f73b] Linux 6.18.11-rc1
git bisect bad 1dd43fd284b6ab499dac1355db7b07d12669f73b
# test job: [089bf791a33e50d36076ea125c4e22bb1c2b5aab] https://lava.sirena.org.uk/scheduler/job/2455946
# good: [089bf791a33e50d36076ea125c4e22bb1c2b5aab] smb: client: let smbd_post_send_negotiate_req() use smbd_post_send()
git bisect good 089bf791a33e50d36076ea125c4e22bb1c2b5aab
# test job: [e18919e76dea3e81777152e8b1f1cb372553980f] https://lava.sirena.org.uk/scheduler/job/2456117
# bad: [e18919e76dea3e81777152e8b1f1cb372553980f] wifi: rtw88: Fix alignment fault in rtw_core_enable_beacon()
git bisect bad e18919e76dea3e81777152e8b1f1cb372553980f
# test job: [0cdcedf25f18018967d7e2502ebae5c9dae31f06] https://lava.sirena.org.uk/scheduler/job/2456413
# bad: [0cdcedf25f18018967d7e2502ebae5c9dae31f06] crypto: octeontx - Fix length check to avoid truncation in ucode_load_store
git bisect bad 0cdcedf25f18018967d7e2502ebae5c9dae31f06
# test job: [347b70a70ac75713a5eedca2ad8dfd8909568a88] https://lava.sirena.org.uk/scheduler/job/2456864
# bad: [347b70a70ac75713a5eedca2ad8dfd8909568a88] Bluetooth: btusb: Add USB ID 7392:e611 for Edimax EW-7611UXB
git bisect bad 347b70a70ac75713a5eedca2ad8dfd8909568a88
# test job: [3a565630eb78e6417cf31027126af35ce1abb02e] https://lava.sirena.org.uk/scheduler/job/2457270
# bad: [3a565630eb78e6417cf31027126af35ce1abb02e] driver core: enforce device_lock for driver_match_device()
git bisect bad 3a565630eb78e6417cf31027126af35ce1abb02e
# test job: [779b9063ea1a0b8d568a7f3f33f9bafb03f49d53] https://lava.sirena.org.uk/scheduler/job/2457699
# good: [779b9063ea1a0b8d568a7f3f33f9bafb03f49d53] smb: client: let send_done handle a completion without IB_SEND_SIGNALED
git bisect good 779b9063ea1a0b8d568a7f3f33f9bafb03f49d53
# first bad commit: [3a565630eb78e6417cf31027126af35ce1abb02e] driver core: enforce device_lock for driver_match_device()

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